Re: Packages to exclude on m68k CDs
On Jan 24, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Chris Lawrence wrote:
>
> >Here are the glob(7) patterns for excluding unneeded packages
> >(i.e. "all" packages that don't work on m68k, because the non-"all"
> >package that uses them doesn't exist) from m68k CDs:
> >
> > 'kernel-source-2.1.*', 'kernel-doc-2.1.*',
> > 'kernel-source-2.0.3[45]*', 'kernel-doc-2.0.3[45]*',
> > 'communicator-*', 'netscape-*', 'metro-motif-*',
> > 'quake-lib*', 'quake2-*',
> > 'navigator-*', 'festlex-*', 'festvox-*',
> >
> >[This list was ripped out of my rsync mirroring script.]
>
> OK... I think I can see a few more that _may_ have problems:
>
> checker (last time I checked it was i386-specific IIRC)
> ftape* (PC-style floppy interface?)
> lincity-svga (svgalib dep)
> zgv (svgalib dep)
I was only excluding binary packages that actually exist (IMHO the
source CDs for Debian should be the same for all platforms). At least
the latter two aren't compiled (ergo don't exist) for m68k so are a
non-issue. I'd have to check on checker and ftape of course...
Chris
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